2009-07-31

The Cow and the Hotplate

Post 83759 by bedlam deleted for the following reason: this seems pretty much like people you know which means it's 100% not ever okay for metafilter, plus you made me look at a dead cow for a minute. -- jessamyn

Bah. Bah. Bahhhhh. Do, dee, do, dee dee. Bah. Bahhh.

Post 83754 by Cool Papa Bell deleted for the following reason: Totally neat, but basically the exact same trick as this recent post. -- cortex

Your top ten?

Post 83752 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: Ugh, let's not do the intentional-bombing-of-polls thing. -- cortex

Ok Beck - the game's up

Post 83749 by MajorDundee deleted for the following reason: Major, man, this is way too sort of rambly and bloggy for a front page post on the blue. Not really how this part of the site works. -- cortex

Justice Denied? Only 25-years later

Post 83740 by Ruthless Bunny deleted for the following reason: The Bhopal/Dow/hoaxster story in general is kind of fascinatingly awful, but these are pretty thin links that don't really bring in much of the story and your post is built around a tiny AP wire article. There's probably a better way to do this post, but this is too thin. -- cortex

2009-07-30

Arnold Hold Up

Post 83731 by SamsFoster deleted for the following reason: That's a pretty great picture there, but a single image deep-linked off someone's blog does not a solid metafilter post make. -- cortex

Joe Biden said that?

Post 83726 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- jessamyn

Obama offers beer to house guests

Post 83722 by pallen123 deleted for the following reason: It's a cute update, but it's pretty thin and there's a very active discussion going on in the existing thread, so it'd be better to just add this there if someone hasn't already. -- cortex

Emails From Crazy People

Post 83715 by swift deleted for the following reason: Yeah, it doesn't seem there's a lot of genuinely new stuff here. -- cortex

Rattlesnake Smack Down!

Post 83710 by PuppyCat deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post. -- cortex

Sin to Promote Our Product

Post 83703 by filthy light thief deleted for the following reason: Lasciate ogne speranza, voi che invia due volte -- cortex

We Aren't The World

Post 83698 by Ruthless Bunny deleted for the following reason: Short news-of-the-weird blurbs aren't generally good mefi post material. -- cortex

for all your chess lovers...

Post 83696 by Prunedish deleted for the following reason: Really, this is a very thin post - just links to Wikipedia about something that (almost) anyone interested in the general topic at all (chess) knows about. -- vacapinta

Weirdo Video Mash-Up

Post 83695 by Faustino deleted for the following reason: God am I ever sick of people from Vice doing sketchy self-/friend-linking shit on the site. We were too nice to Dom when he pulled that shit a while back, and we were too nice to you when you did the same thing. Please send a memo around the office or something telling people to stay the fuck away from mefi. -- cortex

2009-07-29

Whisper Chain Marriage Proposal

Post 83669 by Cochise deleted for the following reason: This Huffpo filing has your own name in the byline. Self-links are a bannable offense. -- cortex

2009-07-28

Christmas In July

Post 83658 by Reth_Eldirood deleted for the following reason: nothing personal but this exact link was in a post a few years earlier and I'm not sure this really goes beyond that one. -- jessamyn

A Photo-Flashback to the Era of Fun Flying

Post 83647 by TonyDanza deleted for the following reason: Looks like we've seen most of this previously. -- cortex

A freak solar event "sterilizes" the half of the planet (people, animals, etc) facing the sun. What happens?

Post 83640 by tothemoon deleted for the following reason: Eh, David Brooks padding out a guest column with some middling chatfilter probably isn't really worth its own post. -- cortex

2009-07-27

It matters if you're black or white and end up red all over

Post 83627 by sid abotu deleted for the following reason: now that I've watched people getting stabbed, I'm going to have to say that a jokey title to a video with a super-violent lead in and not a lot more explanation (which internet shock video) does not make this great for metafilter. -- jessamyn

Wild Things

Post 83622 by Heliochrome85 deleted for the following reason: Pretty much have the WTWTA coverage down already. -- cortex

"Can we afford to keep shopping at places where an item̢۪s price reflects only a fraction of its societal costs?"

Post 83619 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: That's pretty dang thin for a post. -- cortex

2009-07-24

What If Cartoons Were Real?

Post 83569 by felch deleted for the following reason: Sort of been done already and with attribution -- vacapinta

And this is a town hall meeting where the topic of the President's US citizenship is questioned

Post 83567 by brando_calrissian deleted for the following reason: We had a birther-related thread already in the last week, we really don't need another one. -- cortex

I embrace y'all with napalm

Post 83564 by AceRock deleted for the following reason: Jay thee to a doublery. -- cortex

Getting hitched with a little bit of style.

Post 83555 by nevercalm deleted for the following reason: Next time around I want to see someone work the aisle to Soldja Boy and Superman them vows. -- cortex

Goddammit!

Post 83553 by infinitefloatingbrains deleted for the following reason: Dupe o' th' maernin' to ya. -- cortex

2009-07-23

Michael Jackson news overkill

Post 83539 by wastelands deleted for the following reason: Congratulations on getting yourself banned. -- cortex

Manhattan Airport

Post 83536 by joelf deleted for the following reason: seen it -- jessamyn

A good woman is hard to find

Post 83529 by dortmunder deleted for the following reason: Love in Tootie! -- cortex

"Obama wades in on Racial Issue"

Post 83522 by jefficator deleted for the following reason: there's an open link from a day and a half ago. The one NYT link should probably go there. -- jessamyn

Crocs in Crisis

Post 83520 by mippy deleted for the following reason: Posted previously -- vacapinta

2009-07-22

LeBron dunk video emerges

Post 83504 by msergott deleted for the following reason: It would be good to (a) provide some context for the majority of people who don't know what this is about or why it's interesting and (b) find a way to link to anything other than a freakin' ebaum property. -- cortex

This is why I have an english degree

Post 83498 by tylerfulltilt deleted for the following reason: triple double. -- pb

Manual Labor

Post 83480 by puckish deleted for the following reason: I wrote out this deletion reason on a soapstone Model M keyboard that I whittled myself. -- cortex

2009-07-21

Salad Days

Post 83466 by dersins deleted for the following reason: woops, double posts -- mathowie

Salad Days

Post 83467 by dersins deleted for the following reason: deleting the first -- mathowie

Ask your MP

Post 83449 by mandeville deleted for the following reason: So it looks like Yoosk is a production of Channel4, one of the clients (and now three-time mefi post subject) of the PR firm you work for. That's pretty shitty stuff, and you are now banned. -- cortex

Angry while black?

Post 83445 by lunit deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

The Man's Essential Library

Post 83444 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: Yeah, we've seen this brand of manliness before. -- cortex

Ancient Map Mysteries...

Post 83442 by vvurdsmyth deleted for the following reason: There is no actual working link here. -- vacapinta

2009-07-20

Is it wrong to pay for sex?

Post 83431 by reenum deleted for the following reason: there are three broken/empty links here. can you try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

Overthinking a Plate of Bean

Post 83425 by scrump deleted for the following reason: I both long for and fear a long-form cinematic take on this series, but a link to a google news search results page is a terrible post, man. -- cortex

Night of the Cephalopods

Post 83417 by Pope Guilty deleted for the following reason: Peering into the darkness, he saw at last a glimmer of movement. Up from the depths a shadow crept, darkness in flesh, writhing toward him with unspeakable movements. His mind, assualted thus, was rent and split, his wonder and terror doubling, trebling, diffusing into madness. -- cortex

Ex-defence secretary Portillo seeks humane execution

Post 83416 by hciadt deleted for the following reason: Unfortunately, practically speaking a youtube video that's not viewable from the US is broken for the majority of mefi's readers. Without some sort of context or alternate link, this doesn't really work. -- cortex

Frank McCourt, Requiescat in pace

Post 83406 by dawson deleted for the following reason: Posted previously -- vacapinta

2009-07-19

How Cancy is Your Cortex?

Post 83396 by vvurdsmyth deleted for the following reason: I'm flattered, to be sure, but a short summary of a journal article is way too thin for a solid post. Please find stronger links and take the time to catch your typos next time around. -- cortex

METAFILTER IS TRYING TO STOP MY PROJECT! (TLYT)

Post 83393 by zerobyproxy deleted for the following reason: A link to a youtube video by a guy who we banned for self-linking (to say nothing of recycling his material) is not really great post material, as entertainingly meta as the whole thing may be at a glance. -- cortex

You say you want a revolution

Post 83384 by scalefree deleted for the following reason: Eh, I'm not sure this is anything that's worth a post on mefi's front page, and freep links in general don't make very successful front page material in general. -- cortex

2009-07-16

New Live Poll Allows Pundits To Pander To Viewers In Real Time

Post 83330 by WCityMike deleted for the following reason: the onion is still the onion. -- jessamyn

Hide your wedding video from NASA!

Post 83321 by Ruthless Bunny deleted for the following reason: This has come up already in the still-open NASA tapes thread from a couple weeks ago. -- cortex

From Prostitute to 'Patriot'

Post 83316 by PlayboyBuddy deleted for the following reason: Yeah, that whole thing about self-links being a bannable offense wasn't a joke. -- cortex

That's 20 Quadrillion with 16 zeros.

Post 83305 by Mastercheddaar deleted for the following reason: Hope you've got overpost protection. -- cortex

2009-07-15

Helen Keller Simulator

Post 83297 by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey deleted for the following reason: I made a Helen Keller, Superhero joke earlier in IRC all riffing on Daredevil and I feel like maybe this is karma coming back for my ass or something. -- cortex

It doesn't matter, if you're black or white.

Post 83269 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: intersting links but your own greatest hits isn't really a good jumping off point for this. Try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

2009-07-14

Worshipping Saint Death (Photo Essay)

Post 83261 by TonyDanza deleted for the following reason: Looks an awful lot like you're posting about the work of someone you're related to, which is not okay. -- cortex

2009-07-13

Am I Kafka's K_ or Lewis Carroll's Alice?

Post 83238 by kozad deleted for the following reason: Sounds like this belongs in Ask MetaFilter. -- pb

Making A Toaster From Scratch

Post 83237 by Fiasco da Gama deleted for the following reason: Double. -- pb

That's Not Art.

Post 83223 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: A blog really needs to have some content before it's a good candidate for a mefi post. -- cortex

He had a conversion experience, apparently

Post 83216 by tylerfulltilt deleted for the following reason: NO WE DON'T STOP / YOU CAN'T STOP / WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE / ONE MOYER TIME -- cortex

Those magnificent men in their flying machines

Post 83214 by bap98189 deleted for the following reason: It's very neat, but we saw it last year. -- cortex

Secure existing OpenSSH installation

Post 83213 by wgl1 deleted for the following reason: Same user posting this link on digg and redditt. Possible self-link. Weak anyways. -- vacapinta

Web 1.0 Style!

Post 83211 by mhjb deleted for the following reason: Might be some malware here. Removed for review/deletion. -- vacapinta

The Death of @anjool

Post 83209 by digaman deleted for the following reason: Not clear on why this is posted here. Seems a bit rubbernecky/schaudenfreudey. -- vacapinta

2009-07-11

A Chill on Global Warmth?

Post 83182 by cvilleluke deleted for the following reason: This is the sort of post that would be totally okay on your own blog but doesn't work for the front page of Metafilter. Less personal editorializing, less using some guy's blog post as a jumping off point, etc. -- cortex

2009-07-10

(Cash Gifting) P2P Brings Prosperity 2 People

Post 83177 by askdeszign deleted for the following reason: Sometimes I have nightmares like this and then I wake up and there wasn't such a mindblowingly shitty post afterall. *pinches self* -- cortex

An interactive music video of sorts

Post 83176 by disillusioned deleted for the following reason: Previously. -- cortex

Everyone of the Devil, put your hands up!

Post 83172 by hal_c_on deleted for the following reason: this is sort of LOLXIANSANDHATERS no? -- jessamyn

Fantastic Contraption

Post 83169 by Capt Jingo deleted for the following reason: posted last year -- mathowie

2009-07-09

USB Chainsaw

Post 83147 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: at poster's request -- mathowie

A robot rises over Tokyo

Post 83145 by device55 deleted for the following reason: robot spotted previously -- jessamyn

A 49 year old virgin.

Post 83142 by SPUTNIK deleted for the following reason: you know, CL posts don't make good MeFi posts generally speaking and this one has been on a steady downhill slide all day as people read it and dislike it. Sorry about that. -- jessamyn

This is the best website in the universe!!!!

Post 83138 by rhapsodie deleted for the following reason: I can respect the meticulous mediocrity here, but "bad web page is bad" has kind of been covered pretty well before using genuine specimens and people seem to haaaaate this. -- cortex

Take the Work Out of Your Workout

Post 83124 by jessssse deleted for the following reason: Why did you post infomercial junk? -- mathowie

2009-07-08

Dogs were just the beginning.

Post 83113 by Krrrlson deleted for the following reason: Man, all else aside this is a pretty dumb post. -- cortex

Man Falls into Vat of Chocolate, dies

Post 83112 by Rash deleted for the following reason: Seriously, this is pretty Farktastic stuff. -- cortex

You know who else... oh, fuck it

Post 83108 by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 deleted for the following reason: Dude. C'mon. -- cortex

No Black Kids in the Pool, Please!

Post 83104 by If only I had a penguin... deleted for the following reason: this is an interesting story, but a short thin news article maybe not the best way to make a MeFi post about it. -- jessamyn

CHOCOLATE!!!

Post 83102 by wendell deleted for the following reason: I know you're kind of new here, but this sort of thin news-of-the-weird blurb really doesn't make for good post material. -- cortex

2009-07-07

Social Networking FTW

Post 83060 by dead_ deleted for the following reason: less eye rolling more neat stuff on the web please. This is SLBOE-ish. -- jessamyn

2009-07-06

Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid

Post 83050 by wittgenstein deleted for the following reason: There's a reasonably lively Palin thread from just a couple days ago that this'd be fine in. -- cortex

Instead of finding a 2nd job, I'd like to create it. Help me find useful job creation guides.

Post 83045 by jmnugent deleted for the following reason: If this was meant for askme, you're on the wrong part of the site. -- cortex

Medieval artwork by children

Post 83038 by JF Ptak deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

2009-07-03

Michael Jackson is Dead, by Jon Lajoie

Post 82994 by mpls2 deleted for the following reason: Eh, we've kind of had MJ overexposure and this isn't really thrilling stuff needing its own new thread. -- cortex

The Big, SHINY Button

Post 82980 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: We didn't push it already. -- cortex

Elstree Calling, 1930

Post 82978 by Mr.S deleted for the following reason: I don't think you meant any harm, but blackface is kind of a culturally charged bit of history and just posting some without context and then being cryptic in the comments when people ask you what you were thinking is not a great way to jump into the posting game. -- cortex

2009-07-02

Earthwalk

Post 82947 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Cute but really, really thin for post material and we've had a lot of Jackson lately already. If you're willing to actually use the phrase "admittedly a crap post" to describe your own post, you shouldn't post it in the first place. -- cortex

2009-07-01

"If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale"

Post 82944 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: If the only place it's on the web is on scribd because it's a brand new piece of commercial writing that someone scanned, that's not really all that okay as post material. -- cortex

Celebrities are dying!

Post 82942 by twistedonion deleted for the following reason: Do not make intentionally bad posts to prove a point. If you want to talk about site policy/etiquette/etc., do it in Metatalk, that's what it's there for. -- cortex